The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-10
COMMENT AND OPINION.

THE William F. Villas boom for epresident
is tearing things up somewhat in various town
ships in Wisconsin. It should be muzzled or
put in the pound.-Philadelphia Press
THE reelection OF Mr.. Cleveland will have one
good effect which has not been generally antlcl-
pated. 1t will close up some gas wells in the
editorial departments of Indiana Democratic
spoils organs.-Brooklyn Eagle.
PRESIDENT Cleveland confessed his hypocrisy
in supplementing his civil servlcereform letters
with the appointment of such political shysters
as Higgins, Rasin and Thomas Actions speak
louder than words-Detroit Tribune.
HIGGINS has put the reputation of the Presi-
dent of the United States on trial. and the ques-
ton now in the public mind is whether that
reputation will be snuffed out by Higgins, or
Higgins be clipped out by the President
St Louis Post Dispatch, (Dem.)
THE frog who tried to swell up to the size of
an OK would still have been alive if he lad had a
correct idea of his size, and Mr. Ives would
probably not now be harassed by angry credit
ors if he had not tried to swallow the Baltimore
s. Ohio railroad.-New York Star.
EDITOR WArTERsoN, who has been threaten
ing to read number of people out of the
Democratic party, appears to have overdone the
matter. Returns from the last election indicate
that the enormous Democratic majorities in
Kentucky a thing of the past.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The result in Texas has been a blow from
which the present crusade of prohibito fanati-
cism will easily recover. With its defeat
the way will be made more easy Tor the intro
duction of rational and practicable methods OF
restraining the abuses or the hquor rrafnc
philadelphia Record.
THE government of the Mormon Church goes
right along, although the government of the
United States cannot find it. President Taylor
governed for years from a place OF concealment,
and now Apostle Woodruff. who has not been
seen for two years. assumes command. If the
Mormon chiefs were counterfeiters they would
have been captured long o.-Philadelphia In
ourer.
SwINToN has only to posses his soul in pa
tience It is only a question of little time when
the George paper will follow his into the same
graveyard, and will be there to mourn
On general principles there is more need for
labor paper than there is for fifth wheel on q
coach. and on particular principles there is no
good reason why the George quackery should
Chicago Tribune.
THE with which land can be bought. the
extent of the public domain still open to
settlers at merely nominal price. the absence
of entail and the relatively small landlord Glass;
outside of our large cities. combine to make the
situation here radically and wholly different
from what it is in Great Britain And neither
the advocates of home rule for Ireland nor the
crusaders against ownershipin land here will
help their eause by forcing analogles that do not
exst.-New York World.
HIGGINs is evidently bad let. While he sue
ceeds in carrying some primaries In Baltimore
he disgusts voters in other parts OF the country,
of whom in close States. Therefore
Higgins is a bad investment for his party, just
as Keifer, Dorsey. Brady and reat many more
were bad for the Republican part.r. Everv party
has rascals, but the true way IS 40 keep them at
the rear. The Republican party failed in 1884
because its rascas had been allowed TO press to
the front.-Boston Herald.
THE mugwump plan would be to file long
series of charges and specifications against Hig-
gins. and then to give him trial ON them, the
mugwump theory being that the possession of
a clerks hip is n title to it, voidable only when
high crimes and misdemeanors can be proven.
The mugwumps believe that Higgins is guilty of
these high crimes and misdemeanoris, and they
want to have him tried with pom {, and cere-
mony This is not President Cevela nd's way
He has promised that he would flip su eh fellows
as Higgins out of the service. and in Higginss
the time has come to f1ip-St Louis Repub-
lican.